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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000051434-24-000057"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IP"
cik: "0000051434"
company_name: "INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO /NEW/"
filed_at: "2024-10-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T07:45:16.217291+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# International Paper reports Q3 2024 net earnings of $150M; adjusted EPS $0.44, above outlook

## Summary
- Net earnings $150M ($0.42 diluted EPS); adjusted operating EPS $0.44, above company outlook.
- Cash from operations $521M; returned $161M to shareholders as dividends.
- Higher prices partially offset by higher costs and lower volumes; box demand moderately improving.
- Exploring strategic options for Global Cellulose Fibers business; DS Smith deal expected close in early Q1 2025.
- Organizational restructuring, corporate cost reductions, and facility closures underway to reduce costs.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000051434-24-000057
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IP
- cik: 0000051434
- company_name: INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO /NEW/
- filed_at: 2024-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51434/000005143424000057/0000051434-24-000057-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51434/000005143424000057/ip-20241031.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000051434-24-000057.txt

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